Abstract
This research attempts to find out difference in use of problem and
emotion coping strategies of patients with depressive, anxiety,
schizophrenia and substance-related disorders. Through purposive
sampling 120 diagnosed psychiatric patients, 30 each in diagnostic
category were selected from different psychiatric units of various
hospitals and drug treatment centers of city of Karachi, Pakistan. Their
mean age was 30.32 (SD = 7.15) years. Urdu version of The Coping
Response Inventory-Adult Form (CRI-Adult) was administered to the
participants. It was found that patients with anxiety adopted more
problem as well as emotional focused coping strategies as compared to
those with schizophrenia, whereas patients with depression adopted
emotional focused coping more than those with schizophrenia. Non
significant differences were found between patients of substance related
disorders and patients of other three diagnostic categories in use of both
types of coping strategies
Erum Moosa, Seema Munaf. (2015) Coping Strategies of Psychiatric Patients: A Comparative Study , Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 25, Issue 1.
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